02x04 - 80s Volunteer Appreciation Party

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♪ You know you love it, mm-hm ♪

Ooh ♪

You know you love it

♪ You know you need it ♪

♪ You know you love it

♪ First time you see it ♪

- Hi, Chef.

- Hello.

Gotta have it, can't resist

♪ Don't even try ♪

Bake Squad,

say hello to my friend, Jamaica.

[Bake Squad] Hi, Jamaica!

Jamaica, meet the one-and-only Bake Squad.

Hello, Bake Squad.

So, Jamaica, tell us about your non-profit

and the event.

I started Black Everywhere

ten years ago to build community,

and it has grown to over 8,000 members

all over the country.

- Oh, wow.

- Wow.

We volunteer,

we do voter registration drives,

fitness walks, we kayak,

we hike, you name it.

And it is our ten-year anniversary gala,

and we are entirely volunteer-run,

and we are going all out

celebrating one volunteer in particular,

and that's Mignon.

Look at that smile.

[Jamaica] Mignon has been a volunteer

for several years with Black Everywhere,

but recently,

she's really given it her all.

For 52 straight weeks

she went on fitness walks,

leading the Black community

in health and wellness.

She also volunteers at the LGBTQ center

and has just completed

her master's degree in social work.

- Wow.

- That's amazing.

Tell us a bit more about the party itself.

Is there a theme?

It is an '80s formal theme.

- [Maya-Camille] Oh, yeah!

- '80s!

- You know I love the '80s!

- [Ashley] Yes!

- So we are going to go over the top.

- Fun.

- We've got the cool sunglasses.

- Yes!

Leg warmers, all of that.

Gotta love the '80s.

People are going to be dancing.

Madonna will be playing.

There'll be some Whitney Houston.

All of our '80s favorites.

Why are we choosing the '80s?

So Mignon loves the '80s,

and what's not awesome?

More vibrant colors.

Everything is bigger and out loud.

So let's talk about Mignon's likes

in the way of dessert.

[Jamaica] So Mignon loves rich,

thick, decadent dessert.

So think red velvet cake,

think German chocolate cake.

Thick, creamy, rich.

Where do we have permission to go

from an '80s-theme standpoint?

Oh, go all the way to the top.

Crazy flavors, crazy colors.

Bigger is definitely better.

- You're in the right spot.

- She's good.

Jamaica, tell us,

why does Mignon deserve this?

People like her

often don't get celebrated.

She's giving back to her community.

- She's doing something incredible.

- That's amazing.

We will not let you down. It is time to

tease our desserts higher than the hair.

[laughs] That's cute.

Jamaica will be coming back at the end

of the day to choose which dessert

is the best fit for her rocking

'80s volunteer appreciation party.

You have just seven hours

to make a mind-blowing dessert

that can stand out

amongst a leopard print,

neon spandex-wearing crowd.

And, Jamaica, we take our themes

pretty seriously around here.

[cheering]

- [Gonzo] Yeah!

- Boom. Bop.

- Oh!

- Boom, boom.

- Do the wop.

- Maya-Camille, you've got the moves.

- Maya-Camille?

- Yes! I love it. Good job.

Christophe, maybe a couple more classes.

I like the confidence though.

That's important.

- I'm aware. I'm aware.

- Pity party.

[laughter]

Squad, give me some '80s dance moves.

We got work to do.

We will see you back here soon, Jamaica.

- Did she say dance?

- All right. Let's go, let's go, let's go!

[laughter]

[Christophe] Game on, baby. Woo!

[upbeat music plays]

[Maya-Camille] The 1980s.

Party time. I'm excited.

[Maya-Camille laughs]

- [Christina] All right, you four.

- Whoa, look.

- Oh!

- Oh my God! Ooh, look at this.

What is happening?

- Come on over. Get a little inspiration.

- Ooh.

- [Ashley] Oh.

- Okay, you know I love the '80s.

So I have raided my '80s attic,

and I've brought you

some of my all-time favorite things.

Tutus, Trapper Keeper,

a pet rock, VHS tape,

everything electric, fluorescent.

I want you to dig deep into this cart

for points of inspiration.

- Dig in.

- This is fun.

Rummage through.

- Vintage Tupperware.

- This is my favorite!

Oh my gosh. Oh, absolutely.

I was born in '87. There's so much

about the '80s I appreciate to this day.

You would pay money

for a pet rock in the '80s.

- Really?

- The music, the movies, the style.

- Feel like Queen Latifah right now.

- [Christophe] You look cool.

Cassettes.

I was very young still during the '80s,

but one thing I do remember

was the cassette tapes

I would listen to with my older sisters.

- Door knockers.

- You want some? Oh, yeah. Mm.

Off to your stations. Let's go, yo.

- Woo!

- [Christophe] Yay!

Let's do it.

You are my lucky charm, buddy.

- [Ashley] Hoo, hoo, hoo.

- [laughter]

- [Christophe, high-pitched] Let's do this!

- [Christina] All right, Gonzo.

What are you thinking?

You grabbed the boom box.

[Gonzo] I'm thinking

about creating a giant boom box.

- Like one of these?

- Yeah, but a lot bigger.

- Wait, how big are we talking?

- Like 30.5 by 22 inches.

- That's gonna be huge.

- It's gonna be massive.

- [exhales] My friend, good luck.

- I'll make it happen.

You know this guy? Spent hours playing.

So I'm going to stack

the biggest sugar cubes.

- Stacked cubes.

- Yes.

Like a Rubik's Cube made out of sugar?

Yes. We are talking

about something like this. That big.

- Oh, wow. How many pounds?

- 350 pounds of sugar.

Oh.

The biggest ambition

I ever had in my entire life.

If there's anybody who can do it

I'm going to push it through

and make the best that I can.

- Ash.

- Hey, Chef.

What are you thinking about

for this challenge?

- I want to make an edible photo booth.

- Okay.

Imagine walking up to this beautiful

backdrop of balloons and tinsels,

and in front of it is a pair of pants,

but the pants are cake,

and you can walk behind 'em

and it looks like you're wearing them.

I like it, but

I feel like you need more than one outfit.

- What about

- [gasps]

- This?

- 100%. I'm here for it.

It doesn't get more '80s than this.

Two cakes are better than one.

Are they? [laughs]

[Christina] I just doubled your workload,

but it's gonna be worth it.

Once you go big on the wardrobe,

you gotta go big on the flavor.

You got it. Thank you.

You know, I don't have

too much memories about the '80s.

- [Maya-Camille] Really?

- [Christophe] I was little.

I have so many memories from the '80s.

The music, the music, the music.

When it comes to '80s,

I think about music,

I think about

what kind of dances they did.

I've been dancing since I was super young.

In the '80s, my mom put me

in my very first ballet class.

This is where I got my knack for rhythm.

I always stay on beat. [laughs]

Hip-hop was not just about music.

It was about culture, about fashion.

So I'm going to celebrate

Black culture and fashion in the '80s.

Nice.

One of my favorite rappers

used to wear these.

- Okay.

- [Maya-Camille] This is a kufi.

[Christophe] A kufi.

It was part of the fashion of the '80s

to celebrate our connection to Africa.

- I see.

- These are door-knocker earrings.

- Bamboo earrings.

- [Christophe] You know what you're doing?

I know I'm gonna do something

with bamboo earrings and kufi hats.

That's all I know for now.

I'm excited to see

what you're going to do.

- Cake pants.

- All right, buddy, let's do it.

[upbeat music plays]

[Ashley] All right, let's do this.

A little bit of sugar to cook today.

[Gonzo] Ash, do you have

packaged cookies at your station?

[Ashley] Take whatever you need.

This chocolate boom box,

it's quite an ambitious project,

because I have to recreate

every single element

that you see in an actual boom box.

There's a handle,

there's the speakers, knobs.

But for this, I don't have any molds.

You don't need this, do you?

- No.

- I'm gonna use this, okay?

So I have to be creative

and find different objects

and create molds

in order to make my boom box realistic.

One man's trash is another man's treasure.

- Gonzo, do you mind if I use your stove?

- All yours.

I have 350 pounds of sugar to cook today.

- Ashley, can I use your stove, please?

- [Ashley] Yeah.

So I need to use every stove I can

to cook my sugar. All the stations.

- All right, Christophe.

- Good morning.

You got a lot going on

at this station already.

- Yes, I do.

- [Christina] What are you making?

[Christophe] Today, I'm making

three different cake cubes

inspired by '80s candies.

Coke-infused gummies,

Banana Runts, and Rainbow Nerds.

Then I'm making

a giant five-foot-tall cube

made of eight individual sugar cubes.

A giant cube?

There's Rubik's Cubes in the '80s.

It's that little game of the '80s,

matching all the cubes up

in line by color.

- That's correct.

- But you're making a giant one of sugar.

I've never done anything like this before.

The biggest sugar sculpture I ever made.

I need to make 48 panels of sugar.

Then I'm gonna have to glue one at a time.

I've never heard

of anything like this before.

So this is the thing.

The dessert will be hidden in the inside.

So the goal is to create little windows

in front of each cube

and we crack open in the center

and grab our dessert.

Lord. First of all, I love this idea,

but it is a very big vision.

- Sugar is very temperamental.

- It is.

Every one of these 48 panels

has to be absolutely perfect

in size and shape and structure,

because if one of the levels

of those sugar panels

is a little too off or a little crooked,

it's gonna shatter.

Right. But you know what?

I'm not alone today.

There is Sandy with me.

[high-pitched] My name is Sandy.

Oh, Lord. Sandy is your pet rock?

- [high-pitched] How are you doing today?

- Oh my Lord.

I am rooting for you. Go all the way.

I'll check on you later, my friend.

Let's do it.

[high-pitched] Thank you. That's so kind.

All right, get that cake mixing up.

Today I wanna make an edible photo booth,

themed the '80s prom.

I'm gonna make two cakes.

One that looks like a prom dress,

and one that looks like the '80s pants.

Gonna bake a lot of chocolate cake so

I can cut out the circles for the pants.

For the pants,

I'm gonna do a German chocolate cake,

because that is Mignon's favorite.

And for the dress, I'm gonna make

a colorful, tie-dye vanilla cake,

with turquoise buttercream

and a Pop Rock bark.

Cakes are in.

Today, I'm completely inspired by

the flavors and the fashion of the '80s.

Okay, this is gonna be good.

- Maya-Camille. What are you making?

- [Maya-Camille] Hey, Chef.

So one of the things that I love

about the '80s is the culture of hip-hop,

and a part of that is the fashion.

So I am inspired

to create five accessories.

I'm going to make a kufi hat

made out of vanilla cake

with peach cobbler filling.

Bamboo earrings made out of chocolate.

African medallion necklaces

made out of sugar cookie.

Chocolate name rings

with a caramel pecan filling.

Sweet potato pie

that resembles a fanny pack.

I love that you're tapping

into every pastry spirit in this kitchen.

Chocolate, cake, pie, cookie.

And you'll have a lot of details

that you have to be exacting about.

- Because you're also doing an illusion.

- Okay.

I'm on display to bring

these brilliant accessories to life.

- I love the vision. Good luck.

- Thank you, Chef.

[upbeat music plays]

I am using bamboo earrings to make a mold,

and once the mold is completed,

I will fill the mold with chocolate.

I'm gonna let that sit

and let it come together.

I'm gonna make a white chocolate bark.

Just gonna blend Pop Rocks

into white chocolate.

Then I'll crush this up into small pieces

and put it in the middle of the cake

for this dress.

[Christophe] Let's make the cherry jam

for the mini cubes.

[Maya-Camille] Peach cobbler.

Mm, smells so good.

[Gonzo] I have at least

100 pounds of chocolate going into this.

In order to make

this massive chocolate boom box,

I'm going to pour two giant panels

and then three other panels

that go on the sides.

On top of that,

I need to cast hundreds and hundreds

of different pieces

that attach to the actual boom box.

So many elements going into this.

[Maya-Camille] Pour my cake batter

for my kufi hat.

My desserts are going to have

Southern flavors,

because most Southern desserts

are also a part of Black culture.

Pop that into the oven.

The kufi cake is a vanilla cake

with peach cobbler filling,

covered in a kente cloth design.

Gotta put some more spices

into my peach cobbler.

- [Christophe] Maya-Camille?

- Yes?

[Christophe sings superhero theme]

It's Super Christophe.

[Christophe continues singing]

While my sugar is cooking,

I can start my miniature cubes.

Chocolate sponge and vanilla sponge,

going to be for the mini cubes.

I am planning to make 100 mini cubes

inspired by flavors coming from the '80s.

The first one will be Rainbow Nerds

with chocolate mousse,

cherry jam, and chocolate cake.

What do you think, Sandy, of the jam?

[high-pitched] Mmm,

oh my God, that's delicious.

[normal pitch] For the gummy-Coke mini

cube, I'm going to have caramel mousse,

a gummy-Coke panna cotta,

little bit of Coke, and vanilla cake.

One for you.

[high-pitched] I love Banana Runts.

[normal pitch] And one for me. Ha ha ha!

The Banana Runts flavor

will have mascarpone banana mousse,

some passion and mango curd,

and I finish up with the vanilla cake.

Let's add a little bit of passion.

[high-pitched] Don't forget banana candy.

[normal pitch] Thank you, Sandy.

I almost forgot.

This German chocolate filling

is super delicious.

Beautiful.

I'm making the sweet potato pie

with some light brown sugar

with butter, cinnamon, nutmeg.

Put some fresh nutmeg in here.

I'm going to bake my sweet potato pies

until the top end

develops a nice caramelized color.

[Gonzo] I have little speakers right here.

Hey, Sandy, I brought us some music.

Are you ready for that?

[upbeat music plays]

[high-pitched] Oh, yeah!

You've got what it takes ♪

[Maya-Camille] I have peach cobbler

for my kufi hat,

and I have buttercream around it

that serves as the border.

To be better than the ♪

[Gonzo] Boom box in the fridge.

[Christophe] Chocolate mousse, cherry jam,

Rainbow Nerds candy for the mini cubes.

[Ashley] Let's start

getting this leg put together.

Ready to deliver ♪

Yeah ♪

The goal with these cakes is to make them

look as realistic as possible.

Oops.

The German chocolate cake is so moist,

but sculpting with cake,

you really want to work

with a denser, tighter crumb.

Getting that buttercream on the soft cake,

that's really challenging.

It just wants to tear and rip.

And the cake today is really moist

and has a looser crumb,

so it's kind of falling apart everywhere.

But I'm taking a risk here,

'cause it's Mignon's favorite.

Shake, shake your money, baby ♪

One leg down, one to go.

Can't get enough, no ♪

Beautiful sweet potato pies.

Perfect for the fanny pack.

Fanny pack is classic '80s fashion,

and sweet potato pie

is a beloved pie in the Black community.

So I'm going to make a sweet potato pie

with a separate crust

in the shape of a fanny pack.

In order to hold up

the shape of the crust,

I am making a brick of sorts

using aluminum foil

in a rectangular shape.

Cutting out all the fine details

of my fanny pack.

Once the fanny pack crust has baked,

then I will lift that up

and place it over my sweet potato pie,

so it's almost like a box.

Stop now

'Cause I can't get enough, no ♪

I have my Pop Rocks,

my turquoise buttercream, tie-dye cake.

Let's get this dress built.

[Christophe] My mini cubes are ready.

Unmold them, and now I am dipping them

into a white chocolate glaze

so I'm going to be able

to spray them the right color.

[Maya-Camille] I am pressing out the

cookie for my African medallion necklaces.

[Gonzo] The chocolate cassette.

Today, I'm not just creating a boom box.

I also want to create

something fun and interactive

for Mignon to eat at her party.

So for this,

I'm creating cassette chocolate bars

with different

'80s classic dessert fillings.

There's strawberry shortcake,

black forest cake,

and also a pineapple upside-down cake.

They take one cassette out

and they see an actual chocolate bar,

then they can break open and eat.

How fun!

[upbeat music plays]

Pop Rock bark, nice texture and crunch,

and fizz whenever they bite into it.

[Maya-Camille] I am going to bake

all my medallion cookies.

We got four hours to go.

How's everybody doing?

[sighs] It's gonna be tight.

- Working on some cookies.

- I'm doing good. Thank you.

[high-pitched] I'm always doing good

when I hang out with Christophe.

Why are you doing this voice?

Oh, that's your pet? Oh.

[high-pitched] My name is Sandy.

I love surfing with Christophe.

Can somebody please help him?

Now, why does Sandy

have such a high-pitched voice?

Why so many questions?

[laughter]

Forty-eight sugar panels to pour.

I need to make sure

to pour my sugar pretty hot

so there is minimum bubbles,

because if I have a large bubble,

that creates fragility

and the entire piece can collapse.

[Ashley] If I'm gonna make

a lot of edible fabric for this dress,

I just brush some of this wafer paper

with this gelatin and glycerin product.

I'm gonna put these edible icing sheets

right on top,

and it creates this nice,

edible, flexible, fabric-like product.

I glue these panels together with a bit

of that gelatin, then I just roll it.

I'm gonna pay homage to the '80s,

make this shimmery,

shiny, and very ruffly.

Perfect.

I'll work on the design for the cake.

In order to design

the kente cloth pattern for the kufi cake,

I am going to pipe buttercream

on top of acetate that is laid

over a picture I took of the kufi hat.

So it's like filling out a coloring book,

so to speak.

Then I'm going to put the entire acetate

on top and around my cake,

and the buttercream

will stick to the sides of the cake.

Perfect.

We are halfway through, Bake Squad.

Three hours and 30 minutes remain.

[Gonzo] Yes, this is perfect. It worked.

I am starting to unmold

every single texture,

knob, and button that I created.

This I'm excited about,

because I've never done it before.

Once I have my actual original box,

I need to make sure

everything is placed perfectly.

Making sure that everything fits.

'Cause if one of my elements

doesn't fit or falls down,

it's not gonna look realistic.

Oh, yeah, who's your chocolate daddy?

[Ashley] See what that looks like.

As I'm putting these sheets of edible

fabric on, it's all about how it lays.

It can't just be

this straight sheet of edible fabric.

It needs movement in it.

I easily could've spent

a day on them, each.

[exhales] This one is stressing me out.

[Maya-Camille] I need to make

the rings for Mignon.

Since we are honoring Mignon

as Volunteer of the Year,

I wanted to create

something special just for her,

and what's more special than a name ring?

Nice.

It's going to emulate the gold name rings

that we would rock in the '80s.

- Beautiful. It's nice and shiny.

- All right, Bake Squad, two hours remain.

We have only two hours left

in the kitchen,

and it's time for me to assemble the cube.

I have to be

really, really, really precise

in how I am gluing

every single panel together.

[groans] And it's hot.

Like glasswork.

Sugar, it's an element that can just crack

even faster than glass.

Every vibration can make

the sugar collapse.

Pressure is high.

Christophe, how are you looking?

- I'm ready to assemble my second box.

- What about this one? We move it?

- I would love to put it in the stand.

- [Christina] All right, let's do this.

- It's gonna be hard.

- Yeah.

[Christophe] It might break.

Won't know until we do it.

[Christophe breathes deeply]

- [Christina] Tell me, what's our move?

- [Christophe] So maybe slide it.

Yeah. One, two, three. Here we go. Okay.

- We got this.

- [Christophe] Ay-yi-yi.

[tense music plays]

[Christina] Got it.

[Christophe] Ay-yi-yi-yi-yi.

Oh my gosh.

I'm with you.

- Maybe we can

- Little higher.

[tense music continues]

[Christophe] Woo.

- You first.

- You're missing parchment.

That gonna Oh!

[exhales]

That, like, actually makes me cry.

The worst thing

that can happen just happened.

That's it.

[dramatic music plays]

My entire concept is not going to work.

I'm truly disappointed.

What are we doing?

You still have

all of your small cubes in the fridge.

Yes.

It's not game over.

I think it's about adjusting the vision.

What if we build a cube

directly on this platform,

and use it as a display

for those gorgeous little cube desserts?

We can see the desserts on the inside

and we can still crack it.

- Perfect.

- [Christophe] Yeah.

- Yeah.

- [Christina] Okay.

- Let's do it.

- Let's do it.

Instead of having eight cubes

stacked on top of each other,

I'm going to have

one cube filled with mini cubes.

[Gonzo] You got this, buddy.

[upbeat music plays]

Bake Squad, time is rolling by.

Bye-bye. Oh gosh. Hold on.

[laughs] It's going too fast.

Okay. All right.

I'm gonna create the bodice of this dress

in modeling chocolate.

The bottom,

I'm gonna cover completely in ruffles.

And then for the bottom of the skirt,

I'm gonna do pleated edible fabric.

Okay, this is gonna be really cute.

I am placing holes into my cookies

and that is going to emulate

where the leather strips

are placed for the necklace.

All right, Bake Squad.

You have one hour to go.

I'm running with a knife right now.

Not smart.

- All right. Are you gonna hold it?

- Yeah. Yep, yep.

- [Gonzo] There we go.

- [Christina] You're on.

[Christophe] Now I'm making

only one beautiful cube

with a little opening in the center.

So we're still going to present

something pretty cool.

[electronic music plays]

[Maya-Camille] Now we're going

to tie up the cookie with a licorice rope.

[electronic music continues]

Gonzo, yeah!

[Maya-Camille groans] Snug like a rug.

These creations, they're coming to life,

but you only have 30 minutes to finish.

[Christophe] Ay-yi-yi. So much to do.

[Maya-Camille] I just need to attach

the gold wire to the back of the earrings

so they are not only edible

but wearable too.

We got a hanging earring.

- Maya-Camille, what do you think?

- [Maya-Camille] Oh!

- Oh, I love it.

- Display.

Awesome. Thank you so much, Chef.

[upbeat music plays]

- Oh my gosh. Wow.

- Girl, it is real right now.

[Ashley] Of all the things

you've delivered, this one may be

[Christina] Hold on.

My most favorite. Are you kidding me?

Looking for good vibes only ♪

- Bake Squad, keep pushing. Final 15.

- [Ashley] Time to party.

[Gonzo] "Fight the Flour." Amazing.

I'm gonna go get Jamaica.

I'll be right back.

We're living our best life

And we do it now ♪

Thirty seconds to go, Bake Squad.

Here we come.

Fifteen seconds, Bake Squad.

Oh my God.

- Ten seconds.

- [Jamaica] No.

Three, two, one.

Bake Squad, time is up.

- Wow, I'm so excited.

- How do we look, first of all?

- You look incredible.

- You look amazing.

- [Jamaica laughs]

- [Christophe] Ooh!

- [Christina] Should we get to it?

- Let's do it.

Let's do it.

- All right, Ash.

- Hello.

- Come on.

- [Ashley] Hi, Jamaica.

Does this feel like a party to you?

[Jamaica] Yes!

This is giving '80s prom 100%.

[Ashley] What you're seeing

in front of you is an edible photo booth,

and all the ruffles,

the old Hammer pants, are edible fabric

made with rice paper

and, like, a gelatin mixture.

- So you can literally eat the whole thing.

- You can eat the whole thing. Yeah.

- The idea is for you to

- Oh, no.

- [Ashley] Oh, yes.

- Wait, do you

- Do you want to be the Hammer pants or

- [Jamaica] The Hammer pants.

- [Christina] You go Hammer pants.

- [Ashley] One, two, say "Mignon!"

- Mignon!

- Mignon!

[Ashley] Super cute.

They're both cakes, completely edible.

This one here

is a super funky, tie-dye vanilla cake

with Pop Rock bark inside.

And then in here,

Mignon's favorite, German chocolate.

She listened. Okay, Jamaica,

if that's not just a plate of pure joy

- What are you going first?

- A little bit of German chocolate.

[Christina] The coconut, the goo.

Thumbs up?

First of all, the cake is so moist.

It's just how I like my cake.

And then all that coconut nutty goodness

in the middle.

- Yes.

- The vanilla cake with the Pop Rock bark.

- Have you dug in yet?

- [Jamaica] Let me get there.

[upbeat music plays]

[laughs]

Why do Pop Rocks do that for us

every single time?

Because they're joy. They're so good.

Mignon would absolutely flip her lid.

It's so beautiful.

And when she realizes you can eat it,

and that it's her favorite cake Amazing.

Ashley, your edible photo booth

through the lens of an '80s prom

is totally rad,

is everything on everything

on everything. You did a great job.

Thank you.

Christophe. Jamaica.

[Jamaica] This is cool.

- You're into it?

- Yes, I'm very into it.

Today, we have Game On,

so we have three kinds of edible cubes

inspired from candy from the '80s.

- This cube is made of pure sugar.

- No.

Yes, it's 100% sugar,

and there is something on the inside.

What's inside?

- You just punch. Crack.

- Wait, is this real?

- [Christophe] It is. See the star?

- [Christina] Are you up for it?

- Heck yeah.

- [Christina] Okay.

- [both yelp]

- [Christophe] Whoa!

Okay, first of all,

that was quite a shot, my friend.

- Full of tiny little cubes.

- Come on. How cute is it?

[Christophe] My yellow cube

is inspired by Banana Runts

with a passion-mango vanilla cake

with a mascarpone banana mousse.

Mm-mm.

- No. It's so creamy.

- [Christina laughs]

This is delicious.

This is so good. Banana.

I got a little texture in there.

Are there actual banana candies

in the banana one?

Yes, there is.

It's the perfect little peekaboo

surprise moment of joy.

[Christophe] The blue cube

is inspired by Coke gummies

with Coke panna cotta,

caramel mousse, and vanilla cake.

It's rich, but it's still

really delicate and light.

I never knew you could make gummy cola

into a delicious, deep mousse.

[Christophe] The green cube

is inspired by Rainbow Nerds.

Chocolate mousse,

cherry jam, and chocolate cake.

[Jamaica] You honestly look at these

and think it's gonna be really dense,

but it ends up just being rich

in, like, the perfect

creamy, fruity, balanced way. Oh.

This dessert truly celebrates Mignon

and the things that she loves

while also transporting us

back to the '80s.

120%.

I will never be able to do

what I did today without my best friend.

This is Sandy.

[laughs]

[Christophe, high-pitched] Hi, Jamaica,

thank you for coming on Bake Squad today.

- [Jamaica] You're very welcome.

- Au revoir, Sandy.

Au revoir.

[Christina] All right, MC.

I am flipping out. [laughs]

[Maya-Camille] I call

this piece '80s Baby.

I wanted to celebrate

the fashion and impact

that Black people had on popular culture

through fashion, through design.

Everything that you see here

is edible.

- No.

- [Maya-Camille] Not only is it edible.

Some of it is wearable.

We have name rings

filled with a caramel-pecan filling,

and the kufi cake

is filled with peach cobbler.

No!

[Maya-Camille] And inside the fanny pack

is sweet potato pie.

- [Christina] Wanna do the honors?

- I'll do the ring first.

- Okay. Perfect. For you, mama.

- Yes.

- This is so creative. I'm digging in.

- Thank you.

Yeah, I'm like, "You can keep talking,

but I'm gonna start eating." [laughs]

It's

It's

- [Christina] What do you think?

- [Jamaica] So good.

It looks solid.

It's actually this delicate

little layer of chocolate

and then this creamy,

delicious

What? Magic.

[Christina] Maya-Camille,

your peach cobbler kufi cake

is rich and buttery.

The peach jam is fresh. Oh my gosh.

All right. Talk to me

about your sweet potato pie fanny pack.

My family is from South Carolina.

I take my sweet potato pie very seriously.

Every Black person, before they taste

sweet potato pie, they look at you like

[Jamaica] I You know.

[Christina] She's comfortable, confident.

Thank you. [chuckles] Thank you.

This is the best

sweet potato pie I've had.

Maya-Camille, your way with flavors

always has me wanting more.

You freaking did it again.

We do have to hit the road,

but, Maya-Camille, we'll see you later.

- Thank you.

- Thank you, Chef.

[laughter]

- Gonzo.

- Hello, hello. Welcome.

- Tell me.

- Music, dessert together.

This is so much better than anything

I could have begun to imagine.

[Gonzo] So today we have Mix Tape Madness.

This is a giant chocolate boom box.

The whole thing is edible.

- That's a ton of chocolate.

- [Gonzo] Yeah.

The part that really gets me

is the tape collection.

[Christina] Did you check the titles?

We've got some Bake Squad classics.

What do you know about "Pie of the Tiger"?

No! "Pie of the Tiger."

[Gonzo] What about

"Total Eclipse of the Tart"?

[both laugh]

Each one of these cassettes

are different chocolate bars.

Stop lying. Let me see.

So we have strawberry shortcake,

pineapple upside-down cake,

and black forest cake.

[Jamaica] Oh, it's good.

And she loves

fruit and chocolate together.

- [Christina] So good.

- Best combo there.

I'm going in

for the pineapple upside-down.

Oh, it's so good.

[moans] You got that, like,

deep roast on the pineapple

you get from the top

of an upside-down cake.

Gonzo, it's just truly a work of art,

and come on, the flavors?

- Perfection.

- Gonzo, well done. Thank you so much.

Thank you very much.

[upbeat music plays]

Bake Squad, you brought it big today.

So I know what I thought

about them all, Jamaica.

Overall, what did you think

of these four amazingly '80s desserts?

Wow. [laughs]

- [laughter]

- Wow. You all went above and beyond.

I loved how interactive it was.

It was over the top.

It was everything you want '80s to be.

But also, the thoughtful touches,

super important to me.

But let's not forget flavor.

I was truly amazed.

Jamaica, tell us,

which dessert have you chosen?

When you're ready.

[tense music plays]

Maya-Camille.

- Yeah!

- Yay!

Great job! Congrats!

- [Christina] Let's do it! Come on!

- Yeah, yeah, yeah!

[Christina] Okay!

Ladies, ladies, ladies.

[laughter]

All right, you two. It's photo time.

- One, two, three, say "Mignon."

- Mignon!

[Christina] Oh my gosh.

- Look.

- Super cute.

- Jamaica, you got a party to get to. Bye.

- Bye. Have fun.

- [Christophe] Bye-bye.

- [Ashley] Maya!

[Christophe] Maya! Maya!

Maya! Maya!

- Go, girl.

- Great job.

- k*lled it.

- [Gonzo] k*ller! Hey!

Yay!

[cheering]

[high-pitched] You did it!

I'm so proud of you.

[Christina] Go, MC!

- [Ashley] All right, Maya.

- [Gonzo] Rock star!

[upbeat music plays]

This is the big day.

It's everything I want for an '80s party.

A little bit of that. Bam.

Colorful, vibrant.

There's neon and there are sparkles.

Bake Squad, the desserts are immaculate.

Golden door-knocker earrings,

those kufis that we know.

Mignon is absolutely

going to be overwhelmed.

[cheering]

[upbeat music plays]

We're giving a Volunteer of the Year award

to someone who has gone

above and beyond in the community,

Mignon Robinson.

[cheering]

To be recognized for that passion

that I have for giving, it's amazing.

I do what I do because I love people

and I love my community,

and I always wanna do as much as I can.

[Jamaica] Mignon gives of herself

to support the health

and well-being of the Black community.

Hopefully, I'm inspiring others

to continue to do that as well.

- I have been working with Bake Squad.

- What, what, what?

I am so excited

to present something so Black

[laughter]

so edible, so '80s.

Show the people what they wanna see!

[cheering]

[Mignon] Oh my God, that is awesome.

Don't stop the beat ♪

[Jamaica] I don't know about y'all,

but I'm ready to eat. Let's do it.

The earrings. You can see

I have a similar one on right now.

I enjoyed every bit of it.

♪ Don't stop this party ♪

Sweet potato pie, it was amazing.

- So good.

- Yes.

[Jamaica] Three-finger ring, come on.

It was special.

[Mignon] You're special. [laughs]

[all] Thank you, Bake Squad!

[cheering]

[upbeat music plays]